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  • NBC Sports – Frank invited to play in the 2011 Heads-Up Poker Championship
    LAS VEGAS – The field for the 6th annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship presented by GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, is flush with a who’s who of the poker world, including a dozen World Series of Poker Main Event champions, top all-time money winners, online studs, and Academy Award nominees. Poker’s most prestigious heads up tournament brings 64 of the best poker players in the world to the Caesars Palace Poker Tournament Room to compete in its distinctive, bracket-style head-to-head format for $1.5 million in combined prize money.
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  • From the WSOP
  • From cardplayer.com
    The 2011 World Series of Poker schedule was released this past Monday, providing official details on the 42nd running of poker’s richest annual tournament series.At the 2010 WSOP, long-time poker player Frank Kassela won two bracelets en route to capturing the summer’s Player of the Year honors. The Chicago native took down the $10,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better championship and the $2,500 razz event, as well as final tabling the $25,000 shorthanded event.Continue Reading —->
  • From the WSOP
    Frank Kassela, the winner of two gold bracelets at this year’s World Series of Poker has officially locked up the 2010 “Player of the Year” honor.When his final threat, Michael “the Grinder” Mizrachi was eliminated during Final Table play of the Main Event, Kassela enjoyed what had presumed to be an insurmountable lead in the six-week long points-based competition.Continue reading —>
  • Interview on youtube winning 1st WSOP Bracelet
    WSOP Event #15 Winner
  • Interview on youtube winning 2nd WSOP Bracelet
    WSOP Event #40 Winner
  • Interview at Party Poker World Open
    Party Poker World Open Interview
  • From Pokerjunkie.com
    Event #40 of the 2010 WSOP was the $2,500 Razz Event. This event started with 365 players looking to take down this last stud based bracelet of the year and $214,085.Continue reading —>
  • From ESPN
    The moment you win your second bracelet in one year, you become more than just some small sliver of World Series of Poker history. By scoring the double, as Frank Kassela did this year, you join an elite club.Continue reading —>
  • From Bettor.com
    When Michael Mizrachi was eliminated from the World Series of Poker World Championship event in fifth place, Frank Kassela secured the title of 2010 WSOP Player of the Year.Had Mizrachi won the final event of this year’s WSOP he would have tied Kassela for the Player of the Year title, something that has not occurred since the awards inception in 2004.Continue reading —>
  • From Bluffmagazine.com
    Frank Kassela has a way of fooling people. The affable businessman and poker aficionado has one of the friendliest table demeanors in the game, which often distracts opponents from the fact that he is slowly but surely winning their money.Continue reading —>
  • From pokerchanneleurope.com
    When the first of three long days in this year’s Razz championship ended, Frank Kassela was in the worst possible situation short of being bounced out of the tournament. He ranked in 105th place. That’s 105th place — out of 105 players. Dead last. Surviving on bread crumbs. One hand away from down to the felt. Frank Kassela had no shot to win.Continue reading —>
  • From pokernews.com
    Lights Out Kassela: Frank Kassela had a chance to become the first double-bracelet winner of the series at the $2,500 Seven Card Razz final table, but he was short-stacked with three players left and on the brink of elimination.Continue reading —>
  • From pokerworks.com
    At 5:00 am on day Day 28 of the WSOP Frank Kassela became the first person to win multiple bracelets this year. His win was even more remarkable because when he entered play for day 2 of the tournament he was in last place with 105 remaining.Continue reading —>